Bathing-suit.



L. L S. PELTON & E'. E. FLEURY.

BATHING SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED Now/213, 1911.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

f UMTED STATES Parnur ortica,

IiQUlS, PELTON, SARAH ELTON, am .FREDERICK E'- FLEU-iw. or Gammo, rLLINQe.

' Bartime-soir.

Application tiled November 13, 1311. ,Serial N0- 659.967.

Specication of Letters Patent.

rennes1 entre wie To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, Louis PELTON, SARAH PEL'roN, and FREDERICK E. FLEURY,

citizens of the United States, residing at Chicagoq in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements in Bathing-Suits, of which the following is a specification.

One of the object-s of this invention is to combine or unitethe waist, skirt and bloomders of the wearer, so that the great weight due to the wet garments and the water retained by the garments may be comfortably supported, and so that suchlweight shall 'not displace the garments. And it has the further object of arranging the openings of the lower garments in such a manner` as to prevent undesirable gaping in case one or both of such garments should become partly or `entirely unbuttoned.

In the particular embodiment of our invention whichv we have illustrated, and

which we will describe, Figure 1 ofthe ac-' companying drawings is a perspective view of the bathing suit, with a portion of the front of the skirt removed to disclose the undergarment. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the front portion of the suit along lines 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental vertical section of the front portion of the suit along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. And Fig. 4 is 'a front view of aY lthe fly 3. The opening`2 is closed by means of button-holes and buttons 5 underneath the iiy Y3. Permanently attached tothe waist is a pair of bloomers 6, also of any suitable material and style. The bloomers have, in thisinstance, an opening l2. which extends from the belt -downward along the from; medial une, SQ that the bioomers may l be opened sufficiently at the waist tovpass up over the hips- This opening is clesed by a placket 12'* extending" from, say, the left t9 the right and secured in place by buttons 7: Also attached permanently t0. the waist, either integral therewith or sei/ved to the Waist belt 8, is a. skirt 9- The Skirt also has en opening 13 extending part way down from the Waist line. this opening being in line .with and a continuation offtheopening Qf the Waist In tbisnstimee, the openings v12 and 13 are of approximately the same length. The opening 13 is closed by a lap or fly 11 extending from right to left, which iiy forms 1n appearance, and is or may be in fact, a continuation of the iy 3 lof the waist.

The fly 11V is Vsecured in place by suitable button-'holes and buttons 10 which are underneath the Hy 11.

As the opening of the skirt is at one side of the-opening of the bloomers, in case of the skirt becoming opened inadvertently the fastenings of thebloomers willA not be disclosed; and ,even though both openings should become unbuttoned at the same time, there would be no exposure of the person. The lap or fly of the opening of the waist and of the skirt, in this instance, extends toward the left of the wearer, while the placket ofthe bloomers, as'shown in the drawing` extends toward the right. This assists 1n keeping the double opening closed in case both garments become unbuttoned at the same time. The exact position of these openings evidently is not material. The waist and the skirt might be opened valong the medial line and the bloomers at either side thereof, or any other desired position might be chosen for either of the openings, providing -only that it were not opposite the other opening.

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In putting on the suit all of theslits are i absorbed by the cloth itself. In such cases,

the suit is very heavy, and it is desirable to have the entire weight come on the shoulders. This is brought about, in this instance, by having both the skirt and the bloomers attached directly to the belt of the waist. With this construction, the bloomers :ind the skirt cannot be displaced downwardly ,by their weight or the-weight of the inclosed water.

Ve claim as oui invention:

In a bathing suit, a pair of bloomers, a skirt, and a Waist, said three garments being stitched together al1 of the way around the belt line, said bloomers and skirt each having' a single opening in the front portion thereof ,extending downwardly from the belt line and adapted to be spread to permit the suit to be drawn upwardly over the hips of the wearer, said openings being offset from each other a short distance to prevent 20 our signatures in the presence of two wit- 30 IleSSeS.

LOUIS PELTON. SARAH PELTON. FREDERICK E. FLEURY.

Witnesses:

HARVEY L. HEILBRON, ANNA OLEABY. 

